'A timely reissue of Moorehead's classic trilogy in one omnibus edition. Established as a masterpiece.' * Military History Monthly * 'As a narrative history, it effortlessly engages the reader. It is a timeless work.' * Soldier Magazine * 'A classic' * Observer * 'One of the most remarkable books of this or any other modern war' * New Statesman * 'It's brilliant. The book is fabulous... he had a lot of perception about the lives of those he was writing about' -- Jeremy Bowen * The Today Programme *

ALAN MOOREHEAD OBE, was born in Australia in 1910, but resided in England and Italy for most of his life from 1937-83. He was a war correspondent and author of popular histories, most notably two books on the nineteenth-century exploration of the Nile, The White Nile and The Blue Nile. His trilogy The Desert War on the North African campaign 1940-43 in which he reported events on the frontline is still seen as a definitive account. Foreword by Professor RICHARD OVERY Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (1977), Fellow of the British Academy (2000) and Fellow of King's College (2003). In 2001 he was awarded the Samuel Elliot Morison Prize of the Society for Military History for his contribution to the history of warfare. In September 2004 he took up appointment as Professor of History at the University of Exeter. His publications include: The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two, Oxford University Press, 2015., A History of War in 100 Battles, HarperCollins UK, 2014, The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945, London, Allen Lane, 2013, The Third Reich: A Chronicle, London, Quercus, 2010, The Morbid Age: Britain between the Wars, London, Allen Lane, 2009, 1939:Countdown to War, London, Allen Lane, 2009, Times History of the World, Times Books, 2004, Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia., Allen Lane, 2004.